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Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.
1974
Terry and June decides to spend the night in their honeymoon hotel in Maidenhead. On arrival, everything looks very familiar. Fate however, has other plans...
June suggests to their Vicar that Terry would be rather good at reading the church lesson. The Vicar asks and Terry accepts, naturally... However, Terry has very different ideas about how it must be done.
June's Amateur Dramatic Society is in need of someone to play a role in their production. Terry is uninterested until he meets another member of the cast. Unfortunately, the production does in fact make it to stage...
Terry tries to become European when he entertains Jean-Paul, a work colleague from France. But his affect on June makes Terry feel less of the entente cordiale and more of the green-eyed monster.
Terry complains of feeling unwell and June wonders if it has anything to do with him talking to the petunias in the garden earlier in the day. He decides to cut out fatty meals and prescribes himself diet and exercise.
1978
Terry and June decide to do something about their weight and eating habits.
When reminded of old wartime song 'The Hut Sut Song', Terry visits a second-hand record shop to try and procure the 10" shellac 78 rpm recording.
Terry needs to go to a resort on a business weekend. Things do not go according to plan.
Terry, June and Aunt Lucy are rehearsing for the local Operatic Society's production of 'The King & I'. Then a power cut occurs...
Aunt Lucy develops mobility issues and needs to see a doctor. The repercussions are far-reaching.
Aunt Lucy is away on holiday, and Terry decides he needs a makeover. June starts an office job.
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Terry Scott
Terry Fletcher
June Whitfield
June Fletcher
Beryl Cooke
Aunt Lucy
1977
Terry makes a big expensive purchase without consulting June. The whole family become entangled in the ensuing complications.
Aunt Lucy wants to talk to her late husband, Percy. A séance is organised. Terry remains sceptical but soon becomes completely unsettled.
An exhibition of paintings and sculpture motivates Terry to try his hand at art. He gets the stone, a hammer and a chisel. His ambition of course, does not match reality.
The Fletchers are invited to a historical fancy-dress ball.
Terry discovers something valuable when digging in the backyard.
Terry complains that their marriage has become a predictable pattern. He suggests a change. Unbeknownst to him, a friend of June's suggests a radical plan.
June says Terry isn't as romantic as when they dated, even writing her poems and letters back then. Meanwhile, a divorcee needs some chores done and Aunt Lucy sees something not meant for human eyes.
1976
Terry and June decide to become foster parents to fill the void left after their own children have left the nest.
St Luke's church committee decides to raise funds to repair the church roof. Terry writes and directs an historical pageant, intended to be a lavish spectacle.
Susie gets engaged to Lord Meridue. Her parents visit the potential in-laws for a weekend but Terry's idea of the aristocracy is slightly dated...
June and Aunt Lucy are watching TV when a notorious criminal's identikit is shown. June and her aunt realise with shock whose identikit it is.
In their forties and feeling that their lives are no longer with meaning or excitement, Terry enters himself and June in a car rally.
The Fletchers can't agree on their holiday plans. This results in a trial separation of sorts, ostensibly to bring them closer together.
Terry is in a protesting mood and enlists Aunt Lucy and June in numerous letter writing campaigns. Actual picketing does not pan out as planned.
A French exchange is staying with the Fletchers. Terry is initially unhappy with the idea, but despite the language barrier, he immerses himself in the student's culture.
Aunt Lucy buys a gift for Terry and June. Things take a very complicated twist soon afterwards.
1976
June misses the English countryside way of life, so the Fletchers decide on a holiday in the country by renting a cottage. Mayhem follows.
The Fletchers decide it's time for some community service, so they agree to host lonely elderly people for a lecture, coffee and sandwiches.
Appalled by the household expenses, Terry tells June that Aunt Lucy is a drain on their financial resources. Then, shocking financial news arrives.
June feels Terry watches way too much television and decides to take action.
Terry's car is damaged by a council dustcart. Terry wants to claim expenses by pursuing the matter through the courts.
Terry decides to exhibit a rose at the local flower show. But his neighbour usually wins the first prize...
June decides she deserves a Saturday of doing nothing. Terry agrees to handle the shopping and household chores.
Terry and June's son Frank plans to visit with his fiancée, Nancy. Terry is startled when he realises her nationality and vows to learn everything about her culture.
Terry and June's daughter Susie has a new boyfriend, TV producer Tristram Bedford. Susie helps to convince her parents to participate in a reality show.
Terry's writing a book, and he needs to act out some scenes for inspiration. Then he gets to a romantic scene between two lovers...
